Container for cigarettes and matches



Dec. 29, 1925- 1,567,752

L. J. ROSAR CONTAINER FOR CIGARETTES AND MATCHES Fil ed Nov. 10, 1924 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 L-JRO-S'Qi'.

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Dec. 29 1925 1,567,752

L. J. ROSAR CONTAINER FOR CIGARETTES AND MATCHES Filqd Nov. 10, 1924 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 v w $7 actoiwuj I Patented Dec. 29, 1925.

UNITED STATES v LAURENCE J. ROSAR, OF SCBANTON, IfElNlFSYLVANIA.

CONTAINER FOR QIGARETTES AND MATCHES.

Application filed November 10, 1924. Serial N5. 748,961.

To all whom it concern:

\ Be it known that I, LAURENCE J. ROSAR,

I a citizen of the United States, residing at Scranton, in the county of Lackawanna and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Con tainers for Cigarettesand Matches, of which the following is a specification,

The present invention relates to containers for cigarettes and matches so constructed that the cigarettes will .be carried in a large compartment and the matches in a small compartment of the container.

The container is built in two parts, namely, an outer casing and an inner box slidable in the casing. The container can be made from thin cardboard or the like, or thin sheet metal.

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In the accompanying drawings, one em bodiment of the invention has been illustrated, and- Figure 1 shows a perspective view of the container open and filled with cigarettes and matches; I

Figure 2 is a longitudinal section vof the \container in closed position;

Figure 3 is a transverse section along line 3-3 of Fig. 2;

Figure 4 shows a blank for the inner box;

Figure 5 is a blank for the casing, and

Fi of a slightly modified formof containen,

In the drawings, reference numeral 10 represents an inner box and reference numeral 11 of the casing. Referrin to Fig. 4

of the drawings this shows a blan of card the casing is made.

board or similar material cut or stamped before folding. The dotted lines in said Fig. 4 indicate the lines along which the blank from which the box is formed is to along the respective dotted lines so that the top wall 12 will be spaced adistance equal to the height of the end 13 and the sides 15 and 16*from the back wall 14 when folded and the side edges of the top wall 12 will coincide with the free edges of the sides 15 and 16, but need not necessarily be joined thereto.

In both cases, the box and casing are each made from a single re 6 is an assembled perspective view The back wall 14 is folded downwardly along a dotted line 17 against the top wall 18 of the cigarette compartment, which is then' folded forward along the dotted line 19 and the end portion 20 of the cigarette compartment is thereupon folded along the dotted line 21 when the top wall 18 will be spaced a distance substantially equal to the width of the end portion 20 from thebottomwall 22 of the cigarette chamber, the side walls 23 and 24.

being of the same widthv and folded along the dotted lines 25 and 26. Finally the flap 27 is formed by folding the blank along line 28 and again along line 29 so that the i flap portion 27 will form the end closure of the box while the portion 30 of the flap will extend in the direction of the fold formed along line 17 between the Walls 14 and 18. It should be noted here, that all the folding takes place upwardly from the A face of the blank as viewed in Fig. 4 with the exception of the fold along line 17 and that the-xsaid fold will be placed 'a' short distance below the flap, folded along line 28, because the walls 14 and 18 are both of the same length and shorter than the bottom wall 22. The top wall 12 of the match compartment being still shorter will not reach up to the said fold along line 17, so that theends of the matches 32 contained in the match compartment will be exposed between the edge 31 of the top wall 12 and the fold along line 17. Similarly the said fold being placed back of the open end of the box will expose the ends of the cigarettes 33 above the fold line 17, as shown in Fig. 1.

In' Fig. 5 is shown a blank from which In this Fig. 5,-,reference numeral 35 indicates one inner side wall of the cigarette com artment in the casing and this wall is olded along the dotted line 36 upwardly against the partition-37 which is shorter than the side walls 35 and 39 and corresponds substantially in length to the walls 14 and 1.8 in Fig. 4 and v is adapted to engage between the same when the box is inserted in the casing so that the recessed edge 38 abuts against the inner side of the fold alon line 17, in Fig. 4, when the'box is pushe into the casing. The opposite inner side wall 39 of the cigarette compartment is of the same lengthas the inner side wall 35 and is folded along the dotted lines 40 and 41. .Thebottom of the casing is formed by arectangular portion 42 against which the outer side wall 43 is folded along the dotted line 44 and the top, 45 of the casing is folded against the side '43 along the dotted lines 46 and finally the blank, as seenin Fig. 5. It should also be noted that the height ofthe side wall 43 between the folding lines 44 and 46 is greater than the height of the inner side walls 35 and 39 so that the folding line 36 will correspond to the dotted line 49 when the blank has been completely folded. In this manner a small compartment will be formed between the partition 37 and the top 45 on the one hand, and a large compartment between said partition and the bottom 42 on the other hand. 4

The reverse faces of the side walls 35 and 39 arecovered with paste in order to secure the same to the outer side walls 43 and 47 respectively. The outer face of the 50 in Fig. 1.

, like.

In Figs. 1, 2, and 3, the box and easing are shown assembled and when the box is partly drawn out of the casing as seen in Fig. 1, the ends of the matches 32 and the ends of the cigarettes will be exposed, the flap 27 being bent back slightly for removal of the cigarettes. In Fig 2 showing the box and casing in closed position, the flap 27 covers the left end of the casing while the free end 30 of the fla engages under the top 45 of the casing. e walls 14 and 18 of the box are here shown embracing the partition 37 the inner end of which abuts against the fold 17 between said. walls and it is evident that this artition will not per mit further pushing o the box into the easing after the end 13 of the match compartment and'the end 20 of the cigarette compartment become flush with the right-hand end of the casing, as seen in Fig. 2.

It is evident that both the box and the.

casing may bemade of the same *material or that one of them may be-made of one material and the other of a different material.- The box may for instance be made of cardboard or other similar fibrous material, while the casing is made of sheet metal such as gold, silver,- tin, brass or the b In the latter case the container may e ind1cated in Fig. 6 o -the drawings, where a cover 51, also metal, fits over the entrance end of the casing 11.

Naturally the parts that have been described as pasted together when the casing is made 0 cardboard, would have to be soldered or riveted together when the G ing is made of metal. H

provided with a se arate lid or cover, as,

with said partition to limit the -travel of the box in the casing in one direction and to provide separate compartments inthe box.

2. A container of the class described comprising a casing and'a box slidably-engaging in the same, said easing'having a trans. verse partition spaced from its top and bottom walls, and said box having corresponding inner walls adapted to engage with said partition to limit the travel of the box in the casing in one direction and to provide separate com artments in the box; said box having side and end walls integral with saidinner walls. V

3. A container of the class described comprising a casing and a box slidably engaging in the same, said casing having a transverse partition s aced from its top and bottom walls, sai box having corresponding inner walls adapted to engage with said partition to limit the travel of the box the casing in one direction and to provide separate compartments in the box; side and end walls or said box-integral with said inner walls, said inner walls being shorter thamthe bottom of the box, and a flap hinged on said bottom adapted to fold in and enga 'th-the adjacent edge of said inner 4. A container of the class described comprising-a casing having side walls-and top and bottom walls, a partition extending longitudinally in the casing-between" the side walls thereof and dividing the casing into upper and lower compartments, a main receptacle sliding into said casin between said partition and the bottom of t e casing,

and an auxiliary receptacle attached at one end tosaid main receptacle and sliding into said casing between the partition and the top wall of the casing. L g

5. A container of the class described comprising a casing'having sidewalls and top and. bottomwalls, a partition extending longitudinally in the casing between the side walls thereof and dividing the easing into upper and lower compartments said partitionterminating in spaced relation to one end of the .casmg, a main receptacle slidable into and out of the lower com- 'partment of the casing through thelastmentioned end of the casing, and an auxiliary receptacle slidable into and out of the upper compartment oi the casing, said receptacles having adjacent walls disposed .upon Opposite sides of said partition when.

the receptacles are disposed within the easing and joined together in straddling relation to the partition for abutting en agement with the foreshortened end 0 the partition to limitmovement of the receptacles into the casing.

6. A container of the class described comprising a casin having side walls and top and bottom wal s, a partition extending longitudinally in the casing between the side walls thereof and dividing the easing into upper and lower compartments, a main receptacle slidably fitting within the lower compartment, and an auxiliary receptacle slidably fitting within said upper compartment and connected with the main receptacle and moving into and out of the casing with the main receptacle.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

LAURENCE J. ROSAR. [L.s.] 

